Caroline Van Hemert

writer . biologist . adventurer

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  • Book
  • About
  • Media
  • Follow Us
    • Sailing North
    • Inside Passage with toddlers
    • Bremner to Iceberg Lake
    • Three on the Lost Coast
    • Yakutat to Haines
    • Bellingham to Kotzebue
    • Cirque of the Unclimbables
    • Mt. Fairweather to Glacier Bay
    • Ruth Gorge
    • Juneau Icefield
    • Mt. Waddington by sailboat
    • Kayaking outer waters
    • Wind River by bark canoe

Banff Mountain Book Finalist /September 10, 2019 by Caroline Van Hemert

I’m thrilled to have been selected as a finalist in the Banff Mountain Book Competition alongside Barry Lopez and many other incredible authors! I’ll be presenting at the Banff Festival in early November and can’t wait. Thanks for all your support of The Sun is a Compass!

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Beach combing finds. Can you ID them?
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Portraits from the rainforest…the little Savannah Sparrow that stopped in for a visit had the same question we do: Can it possibly get any wetter?!
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Turnstone is back in the water! A few minor shakedown mishaps but feels good to be exploring AK coastlines again.
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